Latest / Celeste The Therapist / Epi 484 Relationship Goals: Understanding Boundaries, Communication, and Individuality
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- 0:00Hey y'all, thank you so much for joining me on
- 0:04Celeste a therapist podcast if you're new here Thank you
- 0:07so much for giving me a try on this podcast. I
- 0:11go live every single Wednesday 12 p.m Eastern Standard
- 0:15Time I talk about an issue that we go through and
- 0:18then I bring up ways that we can deal with it and The goal in everything
- 0:21that I do is to help you shift the way that you think, because
- 0:25a lot of times we get really stuck in our trauma, we
- 0:28get stuck in our way of thinking, and I want
- 0:32to help people learn how to get unstuck. And
- 0:35a big way to do that is by shifting the way you think, learning
- 0:39new information. Once you give your mind new information, I promise you the
- 0:42possibilities are endless. Today's a
- 0:46little different. So I was on
- 0:49vacation. I'm going to be
- 0:52celebrating my 16 year wedding anniversary, marriage
- 0:56anniversary on September 6th. And
- 1:01we went to the Bahamas. I had a great time. And I did not
- 1:04go live last Wednesday. So I'm just recording this
- 1:08episode. I wanna talk about relationship goals. So
- 1:11this is not on YouTube, but this is just me kind
- 1:15of giving you some insight on
- 1:18relationships. It's such a hot topic. And in the fall,
- 1:22I plan on bringing back my live episodes with
- 1:26Jeff Rogers. Currently, I am building out my wellness
- 1:29practice. So if you're new here, I started a wellness practice
- 1:33in Stoughton, Massachusetts. And it
- 1:36is going to be a place where people can go and have
- 1:40different classes, yoga, meditation. There's also
- 1:44gonna be therapy, a podcasting space if
- 1:47people wanted to rent podcasting room to do
- 1:51their podcasts. So it's gonna be a really unique place
- 1:55that I'm so excited about. It's a vision I've had for a long time. And honestly, I
- 1:58really can't believe I'm executing. But if you go to stwyt.com,
- 2:04and the acronym is shifting the way you think, but it's stwyt.com, you
- 2:09can learn a little bit more about the wellness practice. But
- 2:13I want to talk about relationship goals. I actually wrote a book. It's
- 2:17a really small book, a quick read. called
- 2:21Relationship Goals. And the reason why, uh, I was passionate about
- 2:24writing it is because of the work that I do. So I talk to
- 2:28people and I hear about relationships. I see what
- 2:31it looks like online. I see when people post a picture and
- 2:35they, they look so nice and they have matching Christmas pajamas on
- 2:39something about that picture. People will write under it like relationship
- 2:43goals. Oh my God, that's what I want. And, uh, I
- 2:46need for people to know what real relationship goals are because a
- 2:50picture doesn't tell you anything. And a lot of times what happens is
- 2:53that people are looking at their relationship and
- 2:57they are comparing it to somebody's highlighted room. So
- 3:01a lot of times we tend to show the good things on social media.
- 3:05Um, but when my husband pisses me off, I'm not gonna like put that on social
- 3:08media or if I piss him off, right? Those things aren't shown on
- 3:11social media. Sometimes they are, I know, but most times people
- 3:16are looking at highlighted reels. And so I
- 3:19want to give you these eight different things that
- 3:23I kind of created, where if you really
- 3:27want relationship goals, I want you to think about this. So,
- 3:31the first one is thinking about who am I? If you don't
- 3:34know who you are, if you don't know your wants, your
- 3:38needs, it'll be really hard for you to be in a relationship. So,
- 3:43if you are somebody that's in a relationship or want to get in a relationship, get
- 3:46to know yourself, right? I always tell people if
- 3:50you're not comfortable with being alone, Uh, meaning
- 3:53like, um, even though I'm in a relationship, I'm still comfortable and
- 3:57doing things on my own. Um, I don't feel like I need him
- 4:00to survive. I feel like he's an added bonus to what I
- 4:04have. Did I always feel that way? No. You
- 4:07know, when I look back, I recognize that I looked
- 4:10at the relationship as something that was going to complete me.
- 4:14And I had it all wrong So, you know, I had to do a lot of work on
- 4:18myself in order to get to the place that I am to understand that
- 4:22He's an added bonus to what I already have. So if
- 4:26you want relationship goals, the first thing I need you to understand is who you are
- 4:30The second thing that's important is understanding your boundaries.
- 4:34Everybody's boundaries look different, right? And if
- 4:37you don't understand what you're willing to accept and not
- 4:41accept, then how do you end
- 4:44up maintaining a healthy relationship? Non-negotiables
- 4:49are like domestic violence, non-negotiable, right? But
- 4:52there are some other things in relationships that some people are like, no, that's
- 4:55fine. I don't care if my partner does that or we're okay
- 4:59with this, right? Understanding what you're willing to
- 5:02accept and not accept is key because what's happening is I
- 5:05think that people are rushing into relationships because
- 5:10it feels like that's what's missing. Thinking about like the American dream
- 5:14by what people, You got your car, your house, and
- 5:18a relationship, right? I've
- 5:21been married for almost 16 years. September 6th, 16 years I've been
- 5:25married. People aren't saying like, oh, why are
- 5:28you married? But if I've been single, people would be like, oh, why are you
- 5:31single, right? That question and the way it's questioned is why are
- 5:34you single? It makes it seem like it's something wrong with being single. And
- 5:37I think that because of the way society looks
- 5:41at singleness, as if like something's wrong with you,
- 5:46sometimes people jump the gun. Or culturally,
- 5:50right? Some people in certain cultures, having
- 5:54a partner, having a child is something that's kind
- 5:57of expected. You may be looked down
- 6:00upon if you don't have that. And so you
- 6:04don't realize that you've been conditioned to, like, rush into this relationship
- 6:07that may not work for you. So really be mindful on your boundaries.
- 6:11So that's number two, right? So one, who am I? Two, what are my boundaries?
- 6:15Three, what are we? This is a challenging question
- 6:19for people. And people will
- 6:23start dating, may even start sleeping
- 6:27together. Feelings start taking place. Somebody
- 6:33may be afraid to ask, what are we? And honestly, being
- 6:37mindful on what you're looking for when you are in
- 6:40a relationship is important, because
- 6:44there's different types of relationships and what they look like is
- 6:47gonna look different. But I do understand that in
- 6:522024, people are really struggling with communicating. As
- 6:55my daughter says, I was born in the 1900s. I'm an 80s
- 6:59baby. And so we didn't have texting or social media. So
- 7:03we were only able to talk on the phone. So I think, you know,
- 7:07for my generation and before, talking was a little bit
- 7:11easier. And I think, you know, people who
- 7:14kind of came up in the texting era, it's
- 7:18more challenging. You know, don't put
- 7:22yourself into something that you don't know what it is. And
- 7:26don't say, I kind of fell into it, right? It takes two to tangle. And
- 7:30sometimes we don't want to ask that question because we're afraid
- 7:33that it's going to turn somebody off. They're not going to want to be
- 7:36around, right? The, uh, what can happen is like
- 7:40that person may say, like, I don't want to like be anything other than whatever
- 7:43we're doing. And regardless of what it is, if
- 7:47you know your boundaries, you're going to know what you're willing to accept. So
- 7:51the, what are we statement? It's not to that
- 7:55I'm saying, once you start dating, you have to solidify like, oh, you're
- 7:58my partner, my life partner, but. Be mindful if
- 8:01you are looking for a life partner or if you're just looking for to
- 8:05date around, like just be mindful on what you're looking for. Uh,
- 8:09so that's number three, number four. What do
- 8:13I bring to the table? Being mindful on
- 8:16what you're coming to the relationship with is
- 8:20so important. So
- 8:58many times we get into relationships with issues from
- 9:01our past and we place those issues on our partner. You
- 9:04know, understanding what you came into the relationship with. I came from
- 9:08a house where there was a lot of chaos. My partner
- 9:11comes from a two parent household where there wasn't a lot of chaos. I
- 9:15come from an American single parent household he comes from.
- 9:19a Haitian culturally household, right? So we
- 9:22both came to the relationship with two different mindsets
- 9:27on what it looks like. And I do believe people want
- 9:30a healthy relationship, but if you were never exposed to it,
- 9:34it's not just going to fall into your lap. It's something that you really
- 9:37have to work for. You really have to be mindful on when
- 9:40you're in it and understanding where your kind
- 9:43of mindsets are coming from. You're not going to agree on everything. At
- 9:47the beginning, it does feel good. It feels like, oh my God, this is going to be like
- 9:50the feeling of it feels good until those little, little things come
- 9:53up. And you know, One thing I always say is
- 9:57that our triggers, you know, we feel
- 10:00it more in relationships because we're so connected. So
- 10:04it's really important to understand what you're coming to the table with culturally, what
- 10:07you're coming to the table with your triggers, your trauma, because what
- 10:11happens is that that's being placed on the other person when
- 10:15you don't realize it's happening. So a feeling
- 10:18could happen that's eerily similar to something that
- 10:22happened growing up. And if you're not mindful of
- 10:25that, right, that connection, you may be placing it
- 10:29on your partner when it doesn't need to be. So
- 10:41not just like mentally thinking about like what you're, what
- 10:46you're coming to the table with, but also thinking about the different aspects
- 10:49of relationships. What are your weaknesses? What are your, what are your strengths?
- 10:53You know, I know somebody whose partner will purchase their clothes
- 10:57and the things that they need. So my husband hates shopping. Right.
- 11:01Another example of people will say like, Oh, He
- 11:04never, or she never takes me anywhere. Mostly I hear he, but never
- 11:07takes me anywhere. They never plan for trips. So,
- 11:12you know, these things being mindful of in my relationship, my husband
- 11:15literally does not plan for trips. He does not
- 11:18like shopping. I'm the person that
- 11:22kind of does that. And it works out, but there are
- 11:25some things that I don't want to do. I don't like getting gas. I don't cut the
- 11:28grass. I don't, uh, get an oil change. Um,
- 11:33he will, uh, take the kids where they need to go. Like there is
- 11:37different things that I do well and other things that he
- 11:40does well, but we work together to figure out what's going to
- 11:43work for our dynamic. Right. I'm not looking at social media
- 11:47and looking at what other people's partners are doing. I'm
- 11:50looking at what's going to work for my household. So really being mindful
- 11:54on what are your strengths? What are your weaknesses? How can
- 11:57we work together? And what am I bringing
- 12:00to the table? So
- 12:16when you understand each other's strengths and weaknesses, it
- 12:19starts to look better. But you're probably wondering,
- 12:23how do I know what I bring to the table? And also, how do we come
- 12:26together with what we have? Before coming together, it's
- 12:29important to individually take a real honest look at your relationship, thinking
- 12:34about what am I providing in this relationship? What does my partner provide
- 12:37in this relationship? What do I need help with? If you feel like
- 12:41there are areas where you bring to the relationship and you
- 12:44want help with, write it out. Think about what it looks like.
- 12:48I, as I'm sharing this, this is not something I came into my relationship
- 12:52understanding. This
- 12:57is something where I wanted to be, Oh my gosh, I want it to
- 13:00be this great mom, this great wife. I'm cooking, I'm cleaning, I'm
- 13:03doing all this stuff. And I'll never forget. Um,
- 13:07I remember he was sitting down watching TV and I
- 13:11was sweeping and I was like overwhelmed and I was like, Oh,
- 13:14you're not helping me. He was like, Oh, you didn't, I didn't know
- 13:17you needed help. You've, you've been doing it on your own, you know? This
- 13:21is early in our relationship and I'm the
- 13:26oldest daughter, right? And I
- 13:30had a lot of expectations put on me with my younger siblings,
- 13:34very independent. So me asking for help was
- 13:37foreign. I did everything on my own. And so
- 13:42in my relationship, I had to be mindful and really like start
- 13:45to ask for help. Now it works out better. Like I
- 13:48speak up, he sees when I may be trying
- 13:52to be too independent and speaks up as well. So being
- 13:55mindful of that. Now, after each person completes
- 13:59this task, make intentional plans to go over your notes before
- 14:03doing this. Be aware that you may not like what is being said and you may struggle
- 14:06with your partner's perception of the relationship. Intentionally
- 14:11working on not internalizing their viewpoints and
- 14:14responding angrily. The reality is, is that this
- 14:17is how they feel. Their feelings should be acknowledged. It may be helpful to
- 14:20have different sessions and meetings where you explore these
- 14:25things that are being said. Now, the key words in
- 14:28this meeting are patience and compromise. Remember
- 14:32that relationships take work. You are two people with two
- 14:35different viewpoints and perspectives. If you find yourself struggling
- 14:38in these areas with your plans, you can work on it
- 14:42over time by being intentional. really being mindful
- 14:45that this is a journey. And, you know, I think
- 14:49that our ego doesn't want us to be great sometimes, because
- 14:53if your partner is talking about things that are
- 14:56hard for you to hear, remember they're thinking it, whether they say
- 14:59it or not. So it's really important to work through
- 15:03it. It may not be worked in one session. It could happen over
- 15:06time, but the key word is to keep working on it. I always say
- 15:10like, you know, these businesses that are amazing, or
- 15:13the job that you have, you guys are having staff meetings, right?
- 15:17Weekly, monthly, bi-weekly, you're having these meetings
- 15:20because you wanna go over the things that are going right, the things that need
- 15:24support on whatever it is, that needs to happen in relationships
- 15:28as well. You know, we grow up, there's this really amazing
- 15:31book called All About Love by Bell Hooks,
- 15:36and she talks about how we grow up with this idea of
- 15:39love as a feeling, And we learned, whether it's
- 15:42from our caretakers, from TV, but especially TV and movies,
- 15:46you know, you meet the person and you grow up and you live happily ever
- 15:50after. They don't talk about what that realistically looks
- 15:53like. So really being mindful on being
- 15:57intentional about addressing these things around what
- 16:01you are bringing to the table is so important. So
- 16:04number one, we said, who am I is important. What
- 16:08are my boundaries? What are we, what do I bring
- 16:11to the table? The next one I want you to think about is maintaining individuality
- 16:15in the relationship. Now, you know,
- 16:19I said, I didn't think of my relationship as
- 16:23me being an individual. It was like, it felt like, oh, this is going to complete
- 16:26me. This is what I'm missing. Um, when in fact I was missing
- 16:30my individuality and the relationship. Now,
- 16:36when people start a relationship, unfortunately, uh,
- 16:40they tend to forget their needs and put
- 16:44everything into what does my partner want? What does my partner need?
- 16:48Um, that happens a lot, right? Where sometimes you are
- 16:52not doing the things that you did before and you get really lost in your
- 16:56relationship. You start to center your life around that
- 16:59relationship, which can be really challenging. And
- 17:03remember, the first part of relationship goals
- 17:07is who am I, right? So if you know who you are, trying to
- 17:10stay true to who you are while you're in a relationship. I've
- 17:21also seen people dedicate their selves, not
- 17:25just to their partner, but to their kids. And then when their kids leave home,
- 17:28they struggle with that. Right. So really
- 17:31being mindful on making sure you
- 17:35are creating individuality while you're in a relationship. And so
- 17:38how can you work on that? I want you to spend some time
- 17:42creating a system that involves you doing something for yourself. This
- 17:45will not feel comfortable at first, especially if it's something you've never
- 17:49done or you've been taught to do, but it's so important. And
- 17:53please, please understand that this is such a journey. Now
- 17:57we said, who am I? We said, what are my boundaries? What are
- 18:00we, what do I bring to the table? Maintaining your
- 18:04individuality in a relationship. Uh, the next one
- 18:07is keeping outsiders out. This is important guys. So,
- 18:10uh, in relationships, you know, you're going to have some
- 18:14struggles that come up being mindful on who you share those struggles with.
- 18:18right? A lot of times people are getting counsel from people that
- 18:22don't even understand a relationship because they've never
- 18:26had a successful one, or they may have a different
- 18:29perspective on some of the things you're struggling with
- 18:32that they don't understand. So Really being mindful on
- 18:36who you are talking to about your relationship, especially if
- 18:39you're online talking about your relationship being mindful I
- 18:43feel like people that are more private about their relationship. It
- 18:47tends to look a little different Because
- 18:50you won't have so many people making comments on what's going on
- 18:55really being conscious of Really
- 19:06being conscious of social media. And are you
- 19:10looking for validation in your social media posts that
- 19:13you post about your relationship, right? It's important to
- 19:17not create a life that looks good on social media, but
- 19:21a life that looks great, like a real, really great, not
- 19:24just what it appears to be. And a lot of people, unfortunately are
- 19:28crafting these really perfect relationship looking
- 19:32goals. Uh, but not putting that work into their own
- 19:35relationship. So, you know, whether it's social media,
- 19:39whether it's family, whether it's friends, being mindful
- 19:42that your journey and your relationship is your journey, it may
- 19:45look different for someone else's. So be
- 19:49really mindful on who you share with. The
- 19:53next one, so important, y'all. We got two more. The
- 19:57next one is communicating with your partner. You
- 20:00know, like I said, businesses that do well, they're
- 20:04having meetings, really being mindful on talking
- 20:07to your partner on a regular basis. People are in
- 20:1210, 20, 30 year relationships and they do not talk or communicate about
- 20:15hard things. When things happen, it gets brushed under the
- 20:19rug. Don't be silent when you are struggling with
- 20:22something in a relationship because you're going to end up building resentment against
- 20:26that person or you will find yourself feeling miserable
- 20:29in a relationship. We only have one life. Why
- 20:34create a life that you don't
- 20:37have a voice in when it comes to your relationship? If
- 20:41you are struggling with communicating with your partner, it's okay. It's
- 20:44going to feel uncomfortable, especially if you've never watched a healthy relationship
- 20:48take place. Sometimes people have grown up in situations where
- 20:51there was so much chaos or they, in their household, people
- 20:55screamed all the time or in their household, nobody expressed their emotions
- 20:59in a healthy way. And so be mindful on
- 21:02your communication style, be mindful. And if you're holding
- 21:06things back, that's troubling you in your relationship. And
- 21:11if you want to start that process, right, if you're listening and
- 21:14you're saying, you know what, I do struggle with communicating with
- 21:17my partner. I want to give you some things
- 21:21to think about. So when finding a good time to talk,
- 21:25I recommend planning it out. There were times when I wanted to have conversations
- 21:29and did not take into account his time. If he's
- 21:33getting off of work or watching a show, and here I
- 21:36am with my big feelings wanting to talk, And then I
- 21:39would get in my feelings if he didn't really want to talk. At the end of the day, your
- 21:43partner's an adult. And so being mindful on
- 21:47kind of trying to schedule a time to talk, if
- 21:50that's something you want to do. Face-to-face conversations are
- 21:53important, especially when it comes to difficult topics. Making
- 21:58sure that you are on the same page is so important. Face-to-face
- 22:02is great. And even if, let's say, you struggle with communicating verbally,
- 22:06you can even write it out or start with the text and say, hey,
- 22:10this is what I want to talk about, and put it in a text
- 22:13message, and then try to move the conversation to
- 22:16face-to-face. That's so important. Now,
- 22:33when you are having conversations that are intentional, it's important to
- 22:36not just talk about the hard things, but bring up the positive things that are
- 22:39taking place in the relationship. I feel like, you know, I always
- 22:43say, if you eat at a restaurant 50 times, right? The 50th
- 22:47time you get food sick, you probably ain't gonna wanna go back, cause
- 22:50it's gonna stick out more. That's what happens in relationships. There
- 22:53are a lot of good things that could be happening in your relationship, But
- 22:57the hard things that are going unnoticed that are not being talked about,
- 23:00unfortunately, is crowding your judgment on your relationship. So
- 23:04really being mindful on when
- 23:07you are having conversations to also talk about the things that are
- 23:10going well. Work on understanding your
- 23:13emotions about the situation you are going to talk about before meeting with
- 23:17your partner. Language is important. Be sure you're using
- 23:20language like, when you did not call, I felt concerned about you and
- 23:23it made me scared. Not, why didn't you call me to
- 23:27tell me you were not coming home right away? The latter statement
- 23:30automatically will put your partner on the defense and feel like an attack and
- 23:34also feel like you are coming off as a parental figure. In
- 23:38a relationship, you are partners. In the first statement, you're
- 23:42allowing your partner to know how your behavior makes
- 23:45them feel, and it turns into a different conversation. Language
- 23:49is so important. So really being mindful, especially if
- 23:53it's something hard that you're dealing with, checking with yourself, what
- 23:56are you feeling? Why am I feeling it? Because sometimes those emotions that
- 23:59you're feeling could be faulty, right? Emotions aren't
- 24:03facts. They're trying to tell us something, which means it could be something in your past
- 24:07that's coming up based off of the situation at hand. And
- 24:10really thinking about how to express that to your partner in a way where
- 24:14you're not putting them on a defense. Because if they're on a defense and
- 24:17they shut down, then what's the point? Nothing gets solved. Being
- 24:23honest when communicating is important. Sometimes people will say what
- 24:26they think their partner wants to hear. Now, if
- 24:29this is you, you are doing yourself a disservice because you're
- 24:32not having your needs met. When
- 24:36you're communicating, be mindful of your body language. You may
- 24:39not say things to make your partner feel uncomfortable or attacked, but
- 24:42your body language could tell a different story. And then never
- 24:46forget it's a journey. You know, as you're trying to communicate and learn how to
- 24:49talk about these hard things, it's going to take a while to
- 24:52get on the same page, but it's important. The
- 24:56last thing when it comes to relationship goals is
- 25:00staying on the same page, right? So
- 25:03the first thing we said is, who am I? The second thing
- 25:07is, what are my boundaries? The third thing is, what are we being mindful
- 25:10of that? The next one is, what do I bring to the table? Maintaining
- 25:15individuality in the relationship. keeping outsiders
- 25:18out, communicating with your partner, and staying on the same page.
- 25:23Now, if you want to stay on the same page with your
- 25:26partner, you really got to be mindful
- 25:30on staying connected and communicating with them on
- 25:34a regular basis. When you are
- 25:37in a relationship long-term, I started
- 25:41dating my husband when I was 19, and
- 25:44I'm about to be 42. So I'm
- 25:48not the same 19 year old that, and he's not the same
- 25:5119 year old that we met. And so we
- 25:55change over time, right? So as I'm growing and changing, if
- 25:59we're not growing together, it's really gonna be hard to stay
- 26:03on the same page. It's gonna be hard to stay connected. And
- 26:07again, like I said earlier, relationships don't just happen by
- 26:10accident, they happen intentionally. The hard conversations that
- 26:14you're gonna have to have is actually gonna allow you guys to be closer
- 26:18because now you're not holding on to so much resentment with
- 26:22your partner or with the situation. And you know, when you're
- 26:25holding onto things in a relationship, what happens is your mind
- 26:29starts to continue to look for evidence that that's the case, right? So,
- 26:33you know, if I said, uh, you know, like I used the
- 26:36example earlier, Oh, well, why you didn't call me and
- 26:40tell me you wasn't coming home. And let's say my mind was like, look
- 26:43at that. He doesn't care about you. And then what, if
- 26:46I don't address that, what's going to happen is my mind's going to
- 26:50start to distort a lot of things and look for ways to
- 26:53help me see he doesn't care, which may not
- 26:57be true. It may be the way that I'm framing it. So
- 27:00as you are growing in your relationship, especially if you're in
- 27:03a long-term relationship, unfortunately, sometimes people are
- 27:07growing separately. It's important to make sure you try to stay connected
- 27:10and stay on the same page as you're trying to navigate this.
- 27:24So in conclusion, a relationship is
- 27:27a journey. It's going to be filled with a lot of ups and downs. You can
- 27:30always come back to, you know, this podcast,
- 27:36or you can All right, so in
- 27:39conclusion, a relationship is a journey. It's filled with so many ups and downs. The
- 27:45things I talked about today will allow you to work on
- 27:48having a foundation. When you think of a house
- 27:52and how it's built, it's important that it's built on solid ground. Having
- 27:56frequent conversations and check-ins allows for you to build
- 27:59a solid relationship. Does that mean there will be no cracks
- 28:03or leaks? Once a house is built, does it
- 28:06stay perfect the entire time? No, it
- 28:09does not. If we are mindful and intentional about paying attention
- 28:13to when things go wrong in the house, the house will remain
- 28:16solid because we will be fixing it in real time. What
- 28:20happens when we let a house go? You see an abandoned house
- 28:23that may have once been beautiful, it ends up dilapidating.
- 28:33Is that how you say dilapidated? Huh? How you
- 28:36say dilapidated? Dilapidated? I
- 28:40said it right? OK. Dilapidated. Yeah,
- 28:44dilapidated. OK. Dilapidated. What happens when we let a house go? You
- 28:48see an abandoned house that may have once been beautiful. It
- 28:52ends up dilapidated. That is what happens to
- 28:56our relationship if we do not pay attention to it, if we let it
- 28:59go. We find ourselves abandoning one another. I
- 29:04hope this episode helps you have a better understanding
- 29:07of how relationships can work. I do believe
- 29:11if you're intentional about it, you can work on maintaining a
- 29:14healthy relationship. Until next time, y'all,
- 29:18I hope this was... All
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- 30:21about my wellness center, you can go to stwyt.com.
- 30:27And that's the acronym for shifting the way you think. Thank